The Public Ministry (MP) reported that a soldier was sentenced to 18 years and eight months in prison for trafficking 6.44 kilos of marijuana, an act for which a civilian was also sentenced, whose sentence is 12 years and six months in jail.
According to the MP’s press release, the two people were convicted of “aggravated illicit trafficking of narcotic and psychotropic substances, in the form of concealment and conspiracy.” Both were arrested in August of last year.
The investigation revealed that the Army official and the other man were traveling in a truck that was transporting food for a command of this component, when passing through a checkpoint of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) in the state of Mérida, they were inspected and found the drugs in a bag, for which they were arrested.
The marijuana was distributed in 13 wrappers, covered in synthetic material, added the MP.
Those sentenced will serve a sentence in the penitentiary center located in the state of Mérida, as established by the judge.
